The group were visited by council officers and police on Wednesday and given two hours to either leave or move to a transit site, where rent of £80 a week and a £250 deposit must be paid for each caravan.

But after two hours, the group were still on the car park and West Midlands Police were then able to use their Section 62 powers to force them to leave.

Tweeting their success, Smethwick Police posted on Twitter: “Today is action day, we have assisted in removing members of the travelling community from a local car park in partnership with Sandwell Council and Oldbury police who were causing anti-social behaviour.”